West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-02-25
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throughout with burglar alarms,
fire alarms, telephones, heat-regulat-
ing devices, etc. Upon the evening
referred to nearly every piece of
furniture in the parlors was arrang
ed to play its part. Sit on one chair
and out went the gas; take another
seat and it would light again, sitting
on an ottoman produced a mysteri-
Gus rapping under the floor; pres
sure upon some chairs started of
drums, triangles, tamborines, Gym
balls and other musical instruments;
in fact, it seemed unsafe to sit down
anywhere. The guests stood about
in groups and whispered, each hop
ing to see his neighbor or a new
conner caught mapping. One visitor
secured an apparently safe seat, and
was telling funny story-he hal
left electricity far behind-but just
as he reached the climax, pretty
funnel shaped japanese affair like
big Ounce cap, that seemed but a
ceiling. ornament, dropped from over
head and quietly covered him up;
thus silently extinguishing the story
and the story-teller. In convent
ent position stood the silver lemon
ade pitcher, it was filled with the
tempting beverage, but no matter
how much a guest might desire the
lemonade, one touch of the handle
convinced him that the pitcher was
so heavily charged with electricity
as to render it impossible for him to
pour out drink.
SOME ONE PROPOSED MUSIC
and half q selection had been enjoy
ed, when something seemed to give
way inside the piano, and suddenly
there emanated from that bcwitched
instrument conglomeration of
sounds that drowned the voices OF
the singers, and the keys seemed to
beat upon a horrible jingle of drums,
gongs and every noise-producing
implement.
After the guests were treated to q
beautiful display of electrical ex-
periments, they were escorted to the
dining room. where an electrical
supper had been prepared, and was
presided over by Jupiter, who was
in full dress suit. and sat at the
head of the table, where, by means
Of small phonograph inside of his
anatomy, he shouted: Welcome,
Society of Seventy.Seven and their
friends to Joves festive boardw
The menu was as follows: Electric
Toast" "Wizard Pie" "Sheol Pud-
dirg,p Telegraph Cake" "Nenlo
Park Emit sIncandescent Lemon
ade," Electric Cigars" ete., and
music by Prof. Mcphistophele's
Electric Orchestra. About the ia
BILE were pretty bouquets, and among
the flowers shone tiny incandcsccnt
lamps. Promptly al IL o'clock, rs
the chimes of the distant churches
came softly into the room, pande-
monium seemed to change places
with the modest dining-room. A
cannon on the porch, just outside
the door, and another inside the
chimney, were unexpectedly dis
charged, and at this sudden roar
every man sprang back from the ta-
BILE; the lights disappeared; gongs
under the chairs beat a tattoo; two
bricks fell down the chimney, and as
the year of 1885 faded away the
"Shcol Pudding" blazed forth, green
and red fires illuminating the room;
the Telegraph Cake" clicked forth
messages; bells rang inside the pan
try; incandcscent lamps burned un-
derneath the lemonade, while the
coffee and toast (made by clectrici-
w were rapidly "absorbed;" the
Magnetic Cake" disappeared; the
wizard Pie" vanished, and Jupiter
raised a glass to his lips and began
t. imbibc. The effect was astonish-
ing; the gas instantly went out,
while Jupiter's nose assumed
THE COLOR OF A GENUINE ToPER.
The electric diamonds on his
shirt front (tiny lamps) blazed forth
and twinkled like stars, as he pho
geographically shouted: Happy
New Year! Happy New Year,
This "Master of Ceremonies" nog
becoming more gentle. the guess
turned their attention to the bcanti
full uit-picce, over four feet hi.'.
that stool in the center OF the ts,I :.
From the fruit hang iiny rlcciiIc
lamps. and the whole WIS snf;unnnt-
e,l by bronze figure ~ Brr,i,iii'-
Statue of Liberty N'lii'c'l in
Miss Libcr'y's" right hand busn'rl
IN Ellison lamp no larger thar a
bean. The supper finished, sinc'.il-
es were delivered by Messrs. Ham
hier, Rutan, McDougall. Mottram.
Dent, S1nn, Brown, Delano, Worl.
Duneka and Dawson, and an or.gi
nal poem was read by Mr.. Van
Wyck. Upon repairing to the par
Ior. the guests saw Mr.. Hammers
little sister May, dressed in white
and mounted upon pedestal, repre-
senting the Goddess Of EIectrici-
ty;" tiny electric lamps hung in
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